Nextel Mexico has three million customers and its network covers 76 million people, according to AT&T. The company added:

Combining Nextel Mexico with Iusacell will allow AT&T to more quickly improve and expand its mobile Internet service to the benefit of millions of Mexicans, particularly those who live outside major metropolitan areas, than it could otherwise do without the transaction.

Hopefully this means that future phones that are AT&T exclusives will work with even more bands to satisfy exclusivity contracts, meaning that future off-contract lumias might sell a lot more since they'd work globally, therefore increasing the winP customer base......that's how I'm taking this article anyway....my own personal wish I know.

Maybe AT&t is working with the NSA to gain even more access to drug cartels phone calls and push to talk calls?? I wonder if At&t will screw up the bills of the folks I Mexico like they do in the states??

Those millions are a few compared to the majority which uses telcel, and if what you guys say it's true I don't see them doing better as at&t. And the goverment here pampers Carlos Slim too much and let him do whatever he wants so they are going to have a hard time making a business here.

In other news, Google is starting their own wireless network. What they'll be doing is hunting for available signals, from a combination of T-Mobile's tower network, Sprint's and any available open wifi hotspots from cable companies.

Microsoft is still very profitable, due to their presence in the enterprise. What they're limited on is doing a major blockbuster deal in wireless or mobile. After the Nokia deal, investors aren't willing to throw more money into the Windows phone black hole.

When Google starts owning the transmission as well as having the dominant mobile OS, the future for Windows on mobile, at least in the U.S. market, grows much dimmer and questionable.

I hope the plans that they'll provide are good enough, specially regarding data otherwise they don't stand a chance against Telcel here in Mexico, they are pretty much a monopoly with around 80% if the user base in the country

I've seen articles on Windows Central about Three UK buying O2 (or is it the other way around?). I've seen articles about Canadian networks. I've seen articles about networks in continental Europe, in Asia, and beyond. Why should the U.S. be singled out as inappropriate when its OK elsewhere? I'm Canadian, and I found this article interesting. It has me wondering if AT&T I'd going to kick the tires of one of our small wireless carriers soon.

Neither Wind nor Mobilicity have been bought by the big three. And with domestic roaming now a thing, there's greater value in the new entrants if they can get properly capitalised. The Mexican carriers that AT&T is buying don't exactly have big coverage footprints either. :-)